How does it taste?Well, having a bowl of Hue beef noodle, you will easily recognize thatit is completely different from Pho since the former’s beefbroth is much more spicy.

How to make it?Learning how to make a clear broth from bone and meat is quite adifficult task. After being selected from the market, the fresh beefwill be shredded, boiled and taken out of the water to obtain adelicious clear broth. A typical version of Hue beef noodle mustinclude pork, roast beef, pig’s blood, Vietnamese salami, Hue’sstyle salami, shrimp sauce and chopped lettuce.

Theinteresting thing is that, the amount of salt put in the beef noodlerecipe varies between seasons. For example, during summer, Hue beefnoodle soup is served with soy bean, mint and different kinds oflettuce while in the winter, the recipe is saltier added withlemongrass and fish.

Thebest Hue beef noodle comes from the street vendors who work from dawnto early morning. In Hue, when night lights are on, you can enjoy agood bowl of this noodle soup at restaurants in front of No. 84 MaiThuc Loan Street. This hot dish represents just a few of the treasuresof Hue's traditional cuisine. Clam-rice and the flour pies like beo(streamed flour cupcakes), nam (wrapped shrimp pies) and loc (tapiocaand shrimp pies), for examples, are part of the ancient capital'sculinary heritage.

Where to have Hue’s beef noodle in Ha Noi?

Youare in Hanoi, and wondering if such a Hue’s specialty appears in Hanoior not. Don’t worry, Hue beef noodle come up quite often in manystreets of Hanoi from morning till night. It’s better to ask your hotelto recommend a place nearby or you can refer to the following reliableaddresses:

• No. 4 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi
• No.467 Đoi Can Street, Hanoi
• No.7 Thai Phien Street, Hanoi
• No.22 Phan Boi Chau Street, Hanoi
• No.175 Lang Ha Street, Hanoi
• No.G23 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Hanoi